Re: [boost] [Test] should we consider to turn off argument deduction for 2nd template parameter

Subject: Re: [boost] [Test] should we consider to turn off argument deduction for 2nd template parameter
From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-20 10:16:33

Gennadiy Rozental skrev:
> Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen <at> dezide.com> writes:

>> I tend to get a compilation error the first time, because I wrote
>>
>>      BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE( a->conditionals().sum(), 2, 0.001f );

[snip]

> The changes are small and the only downside it new dependency on numeric
> conversion headers. But I find it worth the price. One more thing we may do on
> top of this is to validate against both FTP1 and FTP2 type to be integral: we
> don't really want to check closeness of integer values.
> 
> What do you think?

I think it is very good.

As for the check for integers, then I don't think it is worth doing.

In particular, when I'm using Boost.Test with my students, compile-time 
errors are sort of bad in this case (even though they are good in general).

-Thorsten